Management

This page includes content on healthcare management, including health system, hospital, department and clinic business management and administration. Areas of focus are on cardiology and radiology department business administration. Subcategories covered in this section include healthcare economics, reimbursement, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, policy and regulations, practice management, quality, staffing, and supply chain.

Are misconceptions about radiology deterring medical students from the specialty?
New survey results delve deeper into what students are seeing in their future careers as physicians and how diagnostic imaging fits into the picture.
Orthopedic trauma reads a 'significant difficulty' for radiology residents
The findings are concerning, especially considering the amount of orthopedic cases residents are involved in during call shifts, researchers caution.
FDA has approved over 1,000 clinical AI applications, with most aimed at radiology
Diagnostic imaging leads the way in AI product approvals by a mile, accounting for more than 70% of all applications on the list.
Clinicians want AI to show its work
Providers are more likely to trust AI when they understand how it arrives at its conclusions.
Experts update AUC for amyloid, tau PET imaging for first time in more than a decade
The new appropriate use criteria define 17 specific clinical scenarios, guiding providers on situations when amyloid or tau imaging are and are not appropriate.

Aspyra becomes IMIX DR reseller

Aspyra has entered into a non-exclusive reseller agreement with IMIX Americas, allowing the former to resell and promote IMIXs digital radiography (DR) technology product line in the United States to new and existing Aspyra PACS customers.

November 21, 2008

California radiology center renews with Zotec

Coast Radiology Imaging & Intervention of Mission Viejo, Calif., has renewed its billing services contract with Zotec Partners for three years.

November 21, 2008

Practice develops fax-to-DICOM solution

Although IT is becoming more ubiquitous throughout the healthcare enterprise, there are still many physician practices where the deployment of information systems is rudimentary, at best. As such, diagnostic imaging interpreting physiciansparticularly those who interpret images from remote sitesare routinely challenged by patient information delivered in a non-digital format.

November 19, 2008

Florida cancer center deploys Varian RapidArc radiotherapy

The Innovative Cancer Institute in South Florida is now using RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems.

November 19, 2008

ProScan Imaging

ProScan Imaging (Booth 2603) is showcasing its complete offering of diagnostic reading solutions, delivered via a network of freestanding imaging centers, a teleradiology division and a medical imaging education foundation.

November 19, 2008

Medsphere, Indian Health reach accord on $9.7M health IT contract

Medsphere Systems, a provider of open-source healthcare IT solutions, has secured a five-year agreement with the U.S. governments Indian Health Service (IHS) to provide support, maintenance and development for the agencys Resource Patient Management System (RPMS) EHR solution.

November 18, 2008

Fujifilm sees uptick in DR orders

Fujifilm Medical Systems has experienced several purchases of its Unity SpeedSuite single-detector digital radiography (DR) system.

November 14, 2008

Alabama radiology group selects Imagine practice management system

Birmingham Radiological Group/Specialty Physician Billing (BRG-SPB) has selected Imagine Softwares IMAGINEradiology practice management system.

November 14, 2008

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Radiology Business

The biggest obstacles facing radiology business managers in 2025

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Cardiovascular Business

New cardiac prevention paradigm explored in TRANSFORM trial using AI and CCTA

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

Cardiovascular Business

Cardiology practices pay $17.7M to settle fraud allegations brought on by whistleblowers

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.

Management

Are misconceptions about radiology deterring medical students from the specialty?

Orthopedic trauma reads a 'significant difficulty' for radiology residents

FDA has approved over 1,000 clinical AI applications, with most aimed at radiology

Clinicians want AI to show its work

Experts update AUC for amyloid, tau PET imaging for first time in more than a decade

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